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ganrew

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  1. On 8/1/2019 at 6:33 AM, jaclaz said:

    Well, actually (for the record) there is a very good free tool that can be used for the conversion between GPT and MBR:

    https://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/mcdvoice 

    but - basically - it is just a matter of using a hex viewer/editor (knowing where to look for).

    The difference between GPT and MBR styles is ONLY in the way the partition(s) are "indexed" or - even more accurately - where  and how the addresses of the extents of the  partitions/volumes are stored, the actual volumes are exactly the same so (unlike - to make an example - a file system conversion) there is no actual "conversion" of data, it is simply a matter of reading an address and write it in another place in a slightly different notation, even if a lot of references (and of course those making Commercial software) make it look like rocket science or brain surgery, it is not, things may become more complicated if there are more than four partitions (as in GPT you can have *as many*  partitions as you want and they are all "primary" whilst on MBR you have max 4 partitions - primary - or three primaries and all the other ones must be logical volumes inside extended) but on a SSD like yours (and actually most "normal" disk devices) with just two partitions/volumes it is straightforward:

    https://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/mbr2gpt.html

    jaclaz

     

     

    Thanks for the post I had same question to ask. It helped  @jaclaz

     

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